CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES

INTERLOCAL #618

POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: School Psychologist DAYS SCHEDULED PER YEAR: 213

POSITION CLASSIFICATION: Certified PAY SCALE:

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: DIVISION:

REPORTS TO: Interlocal Director/ School Principal

1. PURPOSE OF POSITION: Provides school psychological services for students ages 3-21 who may need special education services: determines eligibility, identifies and diagnoses needs, evaluates, confers, interprets, recommends, consults, administers, manages cases, teaches, travels and supervises.

2. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Others may be assigned.

a. Provides preassessment, assessment, scoring, evaluation, interpretation and consultation for identified students:

(1) Consults with preassessment team to develop appropriate educational strategies for students with exceptional abilities or learning difficulties.

(2) Determines appropriate assessment battery for each individual child/student depending on presenting characteristics.

(3) Collects, organizes, and analyzes pertinent student history through interviews, records, tests, and professional sources from every staff member in contact with student and from student including but not limited to the following: observes student behavior, records verbal responses (amount of time taken, etc.), computes data, and evaluates students (using psychometric tests, etc.), and makes regular reports and keeps records as required.

(4) Schedules and administers test(s), scores, interprets and writes report of findings and proposes recommendations.

(5) Organizes appropriate staff meetings and feedback sessions with parents; properly documents sessions; maintains confidentiality of conferences and records.

(6) Provides consultation with personnel and counseling with students.

(7) Recommends individual educational planning in remediation and intervention.

(8) Provides insight into least restrictive placement, structure for best treatment for students.

(9) Consults with families, staff, administrators and community resources to mediate for academic, therapeutic, emotional and social needs, projected therapy, and short and long term success of students.

b. Administers and manages case load and provides inservice training to other personnel associated with the Interlocal or Districts.

(1) Monitors case load and provides further interventions as required.

(2) Writes evaluation reports; consults with parents, school personnel, agency personnel; conducts case conferences as required.

(3) Collects and logs progressive data concerning each individual student.

(4) Makes regular reports on case load as required.

(5) Teaches inservice modules for paraprofessionals and regular education staff members as required.

(6) Travels to all school sites assigned to perform all professional school psychological services.

c. Supervises personnel assigned.

d. Participates in training and inservice programs.

e. Manages all job functions with mobility to move from place to place; drives from location to location; interacts with students of all ages and teachers from all levels.

3. OTHER DUTIES: Others may be assigned.

a. Participates in teacher inservice, committees, and other meetings associated with special education work.

b. Prepares group activities as required.

c. Reports paraprofessional assessment as required.

d. Attends programs and events related to Interlocal and/or schools as required.

4. QUALIFICATIONS: Certification from the Kansas State Board of Education. Specialist's degree in school psychology.

5. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

a. Must support district mission, goals and objectives.

b. Must demonstrate ability to maintain confidentiality regarding interventions; leadership qualities in planning, organizing and implementing the skills of an effective school psychologist.

c. Must demonstrate ability to integrate skills when dealing with student behavior to implement intervention techniques; plan, schedule, and assimilate information concerning various therapy techniques and related issues; ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.

d. Must demonstrate ability to use audio, visual and regular classroom equipment including but not limited to computer, tape recorder, record player, VCR, TV, overhead projector, and any applicable adaptive equipment.

e. Must achieve objectives in the IEP for students' needs and as projected to assist in curriculum and performance outcomes.

f. Must have a plan for personal professional growth activities including but not limited to those supplied by the district.

g. Must meet all district safety requirements.

h. Performance evaluation performed annually by Supervisor.

6. ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS: As required in policy.

7. WORK ENVIRONMENT: Moderate environmental conditions and noise levels. May be required to wear protective equipment including gloves for exposure control under limited circumstances.